Gary, I wish they were - to prune, weed and advise. Are you another computer whizz?

Geoff, when I had letters like that I thought it was because I did fund raising for charities on behalf of the C of E in SW France. Don't answer, they want details of your bank account - but I'm sure you know that.

Liz-yes-have just had a genuine (?) e-mail from pay-pal-genuine being the question- saying a card has expired and to add a new one click "here"-didn't and forwarded on as a spoof -e-mail so it can be checked out-it did look genuine -followed all the rules but am so wary

There you are B-jay another suggestion -now am humming"Underneath the Arches"

There are 2 places I could put an arch with them growing over, but I have the bare root plants now - heeled in and the places are lawn which would need a long term soil improvement first.

I like the idea of an arch up the front path, Lottie but it would need to be connected to the plants around it which brings it back to Geoffs curvasiouness or something else and I have to leave enough space to manoeuvre a caravan, which we have occassionally on the front.

Just spell checked that word base on curves and it suggested cushions!

Just rechecked the pay-pal -e-mail-it is a forgery-they were missing the gold lock-everything else about is is genuine even warning of phishing e-mails and the way of addressing -so please be aware -it is getting very sophisticated

Afternoon everyone!
Started to rain again but I managed to get out and test out my new Christmas pressie secateurs!
Just a bit of tidying but lovely to be out in the fresh air.

Loads of little catkins coming on my corkscrew hazel. Last year there were some hazelnuts. Didn't eat them-wasn't sure what to do with them really. Thought about drying them but they dropped off in wet windy weather.
Dug out lots of baby yucca plants. The big yucca was dug out but these keep on popping back up!

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If I was redesigning a front garden I would go for a Knot garden, once you get the structure right you could then ring the changes in between the evergreens.I would have an unusual sculpture in the middle.

Afternoon, just having a break from he marking. Have managed to suss out how to mark using our 'virtual learning environment', I am very pround of myself. Just hope the students can now access the marks!

Nola, are you on your ipad? How do you get smilies/smileys????

Pam, yes I have read all the historical ones, but got a bit bored of the repetition from previous books in some. Her non historic ones are shorter and very good reading.

Geoff, lots of tat in our house. OH just sorting out magzines to take to the docs, we are magazineololics!